Brad Shaw
Brad Shaw
Bradley William Shawis a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. Shaw was an assistant coach for the St. Louis Blues from 2006 to 2016...
desperate played
As a team, we played our most desperate hockey.
advantage bad gives guys helps involved job legitimacy lose people perspective played
Once you've played in the NHL, I think you get a little misunderstood sometimes. These guys, with the salaries involved now and the way they get treated, people can lose perspective that these guys are human, too. Unfortunately, the job they've chosen, you don't get to have a bad day. It helps that I played in this league; it gives you a legitimacy right away ... But I don't know if there's that much advantage to it.
last miss moved news opportunity players step talented team treating valuable veterans week
Any team would miss valuable players like Z and Ash. We're treating today's news the same way we approached last week when we moved some veterans for prospects. This is another opportunity for very talented young players to step up.
minutes talk
Sometimes it's better to take 30 minutes out of your day and talk about something other than hockey.
puck sure whatever
You need to do whatever you can do to make sure that puck doesn't go in the net.
almost brain crazy easy hat playing tip
It was almost too much for my brain to handle. It was a crazy day. I tip my hat to the players. It isn't easy playing in that environment.
almost brain
It was almost too much for my brain to handle.
arm goal power scores scoring shot struggling team
The short-handed goal really killed us. We were struggling on the power play and when you're not scoring and the other team scores on (the short-handed play), it is a big shot in the arm for their confidence.
assistant chance coach gave guy knowing last sleep tough
I didn't get much sleep last night. It was tough knowing you had a part in getting out of here a guy who gave you a chance to be an assistant coach at this level.
closer maintain needed points seven team
I'd like to maintain the team we have and see what we can do with it. I think we needed to be closer than seven points away to realistically keep this team together.
closer farther maintain needed points seven team
I'd like to maintain the team we have and see if we can do it, but it's really not my call. I really think we probably needed to be closer than seven points to really show that we can take this team farther than where it is right now.
aware changes contract couple depth good guys last next ourselves playing trying work
Mentally, the last couple of games, we were all aware of the situation. I don't think it changes a thing. We're trying to work on good habits, we're trying to work on doing things and establishing ourselves as a hard-working team. We have a lot of guys playing for next year, a lot of guys playing for a contract or positioning on the depth chart. We have a lot of guys with a lot to play for. So I don't know if it changes anything for us.
mentally
Mentally and physically, I didn't think we were sharp.
best certainly looked
Certainly that's the best Yashin has looked in a long time.